2 Chronicles 5:12

12 and all the Levitical 1singers, 2Asaph, 3Heman, and Jeduthun, their sons and kinsmen, arrayed in fine linen, with 4cymbals, harps, and lyres, stood east of the altar with 120 5priests who were trumpeters;

2 Chronicles 5:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:12

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

2 Chronicles 5:12 In-Context

10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
11 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place (for all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves, without regard to their divisions,
12 and all the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, their sons and kinsmen, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, stood east of the altar with 120 priests who were trumpeters;
13 and it was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the LORD), and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the LORD, "For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever,"the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud,
14 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

Cross References 5

  • 1. See 1 Chronicles 25:1-4
  • 2. See 1 Chronicles 6:39
  • 3. See 1 Chronicles 6:33
  • 4. 1 Chronicles 15:16; Psalms 150:3-5
  • 5. 2 Chronicles 7:6; 1 Chronicles 15:24
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